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E. HEATH.

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No. 397,079. a Pate-mman. 29, 1889.

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IINTTED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EMERY HEATH, OF CURTIS, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IVALTER I-I. ORABB, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,079, dated January 29, 1889.

Application tiled August 25, 1888.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I., EM'ERY HEATH, a citizen oi' the AUnited States, residingl at Curtis, in the county ot' Frontier and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Controllers; and I d0 declare the 'following to be a full, clear, and eX` act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying,` drawings, and to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a device to prevent hogs from leaving,` an inclosure which is fenced in with only a single wire.

The improvement consists of the novel features which hereinafter will be more 'fully described and claimed. y

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the device, showing it in position; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the device, and Fig. 3 a front view oi' the bow.

The bow A, having,l the eye a at its lower end and the series ot' eyes a at the upper ends oi' its vertical branches, is composed of stout wire or light bar metal, the eyes a and a being formed by coils in the said wire or bar. The neck-yoke B, of wood, is apertured to receive the ends oi the bow, being,l adj ustably held to the bow by the pins l), which pass through the yoke and through any one of the series of eyes a oi the bow. 'The nose-band O has its rear ends brought close together and held by the clip c, which ends are bent out laterally in diametrically-opposite directions to form the arms d, which serve as supports for the hook E. The contracted portion of the band C passes through the eye a of the bow. The bracket F, having,` its ends secured to the bow just beneath the yoke, has a series of eyes, f. The .rod G, having the hook g at its upper end and the hook g at its lower end, is connected with the nose-band C at g2, and has its upper end adjustably connected vwith the bracket F by having' the hook g Fitted in one of the eyes jl The lower end of the rod F is fastened to the ring, in the nose of the animal.

The hook vE has eyes c, which receive the arms d of the nose-band, and a loop, c ,which Serial No. 283,762. (No model.)

passes over the contracted portion of the noseband and limits the movement of the said hook. The hook is composed of wire bent in the form shown, the ends of the wire being held t0- gether by the clip c2. The bow iits about the neck of the animal, and the yoke rests on the neck of the animal and binds the ends of the bow together, the bow being adjustable in the yoke to adapt the device to dilt'erent-sized animals. The nose-band encircles the nose, and is adj ustably supported at its front end by the rod G, which is adj ustably connected with the bracket F. lVhen the animal attempts to go under the fence-wire, t-he hooks I, projecting' from the yoke B, engage with the said wire and prevent it accomplishing its purpose, and when it endeavors to pass over the said fencewire the hook E, engaging therewith, prevents its efforts in this direction proving successful. The hook E, by reason oi' its inclined position and its pivotal connection with the nose-band, folds up when the animal is in a reeumbent position.

Having` th us described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The herein-described device for preventing' stock leaving,` an inclosure, composed of the bow, the neck-yoke, the hooks I, the noseband connected at its rear with the bow, the hook E, and the connection between the front end of the said nose-band and the upper end ot the bow, substantially as described.

2. The combination,with the bowhaving an eye, a., at its lower end, of the nose-band having its rear end supported in said eye a and provided with ahook, and the rod connected with the front end of the nose-band between its ends, the upper end of the rodhaving` connection with the upper end of the bow, and the lower end of the rod provided with ahook, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a hog-controller, the combination, with the nose-band having` lateral arms d, of the hook E, journaled on the arms (l, and provided with the loop c', to limit the movement ot the hook, substantially as described.

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